Dear Editor,
President George W. Bush’s wartime investment to invade and capture Iraqi oil fields is much like Theodore Roosevelt’s venture of building a dam through Panama.
To onset the 1903 Panamanian revolt, Roosevelt sent the warship Nashville to encourage and support the uprising. He gave the new Panamanian government $10 million, and eventually $375 million toward the construction of the dam.
The object was to carve a transition from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans.
Much the same is George Bush’s raid on Iraq.
Though much more complicated, it was based, in my opinion, very largely on a desire for oil to encourage our economy.
We invaded Iraq, captured its desired resource and then assisted the rebirth of a new government.
However, Roosevelt’s insinuation of the Panamanian revolt was much like Bush’s raid on Iraq – very controversial.
President Woodrow Wilson later issued an official apology and a $25 million gift to the Colombian government in response to Roosevelt’s defiance.
I also believe that Bush’s invasion of Iraq will one day warrant reconciliation to both the people of America and Iraq for entering a war without proper evidence to support his claims on weapons of mass destruction to warrant his invasion of Iraq and its oil.
Hunter Bowie
Dear Editor,
I just wanted to comment on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s conservation policies.
Think about the last time you stopped to ponder what America would be like without the national forests and parks that FDR set up.
Our forests and parks are the last refuge many plants and animals have after the stripping of habitat for city expansion.
Even recently, President Bush wanted to drill for oil in one of Alaska’s wildlife refuge.
These parks are our last examples of America’s natural beauty, and it’s time we gave thanks to the man who started it all.
Ryan Davenport

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